The tune begins with a pile driving riff multi-tracked to sound as big as Kashmir, it is Indian, speed rock and monolithic as Zeppelin' most iconic riffs.The rattling battle drums of Bonham were achieved with the thickest drum Sticks available and two sets of them; the four Sticks of the title. The gung-ho riff has a funky Black Sabbath 'syncopate and wail' style, while the octave leaping notes sound slightly dissonant with its Eastern modalities.
The chorus is built around an Olde English folk guitar figure ending in string glissandos, it is played on a semi acoustic Danelectro backed with a snoring Moog part. Plant's reedy vocal sounds similar to the tone of Indian instruments. An onslaught of overdubbed fuzz Moogs take over with a new riff, carrying a raga tinge overstate what had been a subtle Indian sound. The ending shenai like synths and Plant's thin pitch vocal and undulating vocal gymnastics at the end confirm the Indian middle Eastern influence.The structure of the song is the same as Kashmir and Friends with a verse riff/chorus riff and a gigantic third riff that closes the whole thing out.
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